The IslandA searing coming of age tale by one of the greatest Spanish writers of the 20th century, set on the island of Mallorca during the Spanish Civil War. "This is an old and wicked island. An island of Phoenicians and merchants, of bloodsuckers and frauds." Ana Mara Matute's 1959 novel, Primera memoria (translated as The Island), is a stifling story of rebellious adolescence, narrated by Matia, as she struggles against her domineering grandmother, schemes